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Margaret W. Huskey
Margaret W. Huskey

New York Times, Friday, August 12, 1983

29-Down : Sodium soap

Author:
Margaret W. Huskey
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { Q V W X }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Margaret W. Huskey has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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A
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D
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G
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L
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M
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A
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H
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M
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L
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L
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S
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R
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D
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K
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E
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U
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M
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I
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N
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T
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S
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E
M
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U
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B
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E
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L
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A
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B
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G
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S
P
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A
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P
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R
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T
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R
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Y
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A
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S
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A
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R
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E
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T
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H
N
O
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M
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J
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P
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O
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C
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O
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N
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M
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T
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N
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,330
Across
1
"Hath ___ money?": Shylock : ADOG
5
Minnelli et al. : LIZAS
10
Oriental nurse : AMAH
14
___ War, famed horse : MANO
15
Old-womanish : ANILE
16
Composer of "Le Roi d'Ys" : LALO
17
Oil, in Olot : OLEO
18
Hawaiian's open-sided living room : LANAI
19
One of the Waltons : ERIN
20
First English commander to see the Pacific : SIRFRANCISDRAKE
23
Comfort : EASE
24
Unqualified : UTTER
25
Tends : MINDS
28
Despots : TSARS
31
Ratite bird : EMEU
32
Scold : BERATE
34
Workroom : LAB
37
Spanish explorer of Upper California : GASPARDEPORTOLA
40
Danish district : AMT
41
Diaskeuast : EDITOR
42
School founded in 1701 : YALE
43
Onagers : ASSES
44
Fervency : ARDOR
45
Race: Comb. form : ETHNO
48
Minnesota clinic : MAYO
50
Discoverer of Florida: 1513 : JUANPONCEDELEON
57
Author Wortman : ELMO
58
Thanks, in Tours : MERCI
59
A. A. Fair's real first name : ERLE
60
Kaolin, e.g. : CLAY
61
Decree : ENACT
62
Singer Ed from Boston : AMES
63
Part of a teller's stack : TENS
64
Eelworms : NEMAS
65
Hackneys : NAGS
Down
1
O.T. book : AMOS
2
Painter of stunted pines : DALI
3
Unique object : ONER
4
Made a boo-boo : GOOFEDUP
5
Song refrains : LALAS
6
Pointless : INANE
7
Bluish-white element : ZINC
8
Russian range : ALAI
9
Six, in Sevilla : SEIS
10
Puts on guard : ALERTS
11
French revolutionist : MARAT
12
Equally : ALIKE
13
Cutler, at times : HONER
21
Cape : RAS
22
"Four Apostles" painter : DURER
25
Prefix with cycle or ton : MEGA
26
Moslem title : IMAM
27
Cozy place : NEST
28
Allowances once given by weighers of commodities : TRETS
29
Sodium soap : SAPO
30
Suffix with origin : ATOR
32
On which B's slide : BRDS
33
An Adams : EDIE
34
Firearm charge : LOAD
35
Reversal: Comb. form : ALLO
36
Boxer Max ___ : BAER
38
Greek fabulist : AESOP
39
One of the Austrians : TYROLEAN
43
Irritates : ANNOYS
44
Always, in poesy : AYE
45
Banish : EJECT
46
Fine net : TULLE
47
Persian foe of the Jews : HAMAN
48
Moslems' holy city : MECCA
49
Entrances for miners : ADITS
51
Sign : OMEN
52
Hawaiian goose : NENE
53
Stuff : CRAM
54
Writer Bombeck : ERMA
55
Designer Cassini : OLEG
56
Early TV hero : NESS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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